Beyond the Rhetoric

My affair with coffee started at a fairly young age. I was probably about ten or twelve at the time and my mom asked me if I wanted to try a cup. It was difficult for me to get past the inherent bitterness of coffee, so we mixed it half-and-half with hot chocolate powder. The [...]

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, then you’ll know that I recently received a Bosch T45 Suprema brewbot from the kind folks at Tassimo Canada. A new coffeemaker wasn’t exactly on my Christmas wish list this year, but who am I to turn down a free brewer? The idea behind these Tassimo machines, much [...]

As I do every Wednesday, it’s time for another speedlink session around the blogosphere. There are lots of great bloggers out there with plenty of interesting things to read, so here is just a brief glimpse into what’s out there. If you want to be featured in a future What’s Up Wednesdays, I suggest you [...]

It doesn’t really matter if you are a work-at-home professional, a starving student, or someone who holds a conventional desk job. At some point in the day, there’s a good chance that a case of the munchies is going to hit you like a brick wall. We’ve all had a snack or two while sitting [...]

It seems that one of the most common addictions in our society today is the addiction to coffee. Many people, myself included, cannot get a proper start to the morning without a cup of coffee. Part of it has to do with the caffeine and part of it has to do with routine. In either [...]